Crowds are showing up for the Beanpot, changing the atmosphere for women’s college hockey
By Kat Cornetta, Globe correspondent
Updated February 2, 2022, 6:44 p.m.
For longtime women’s college hockey followers, the crowd at Tuesday night’s Women’s Beanpot semifinal between Boston College and host Northeastern University was a very welcome sight.
The crowd of 1,755 may not have been the largest in Women’s Beanpot history (2020′s championship game, played just weeks before the season shut down because of the COVID pandemic, claims 35 more fans), but it was definitely the loudest and most like the traditional men’s crowds. It was an important moment for a tournament that has previously seen crowds of fewer than 1,000.
“It was a great atmosphere,” said Northeastern coach
Dave Flint, whose team fell, 3-1. “That was the most fans we’ve had in the building in a while. I wish we gave them a little better outcome than tonight.” ...
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